a town of Stirlingshire in Scotland, situated in W. Long. 3° 48'. N. Lat. 56° 20'. It is a large ill-built place, and is supported by great fairs for black cattle from the Highlands, it being computed that 24,000 head are annually sold there. A great deal of money is also got here by the carriage of goods landed at Carron wharf to Glasgow. This town is remarkable for a battle fought in its neighbourhood between Edward I of England, and the Scots commanded by the Steward of Scotland, Cummin of Bardenoch, and Sir William Wallace. The latter had been invested with the supreme command; but perceiving that this gave umbrage to the nobility, he resigned his power into the hands of the nobleman above mentioned, reserving to himself only the command of a small body who refused to follow another leader. The Scots generals placed their pikemen along the front, and lined the intervals between the three bodies of which their army was composed, with archers; and dreading the great superiority of the English cavalry, endeavoured to secure their front by palliades tied together with ropes. The battle was fought on the 22d of July 1298. The king of England divided his army likewise into three bodies; and by the superiority of his archers, defeated the Scots with great slaughter. Wallace alone preserved entire the troops he commanded; and retiring behind the Carron, marched leisurely along the banks of that river, which protected him from the enemy. In this battle fell John de Graham, a gentleman much celebrated for his valour, and styled the right-hand of the gallant Wallace. His epitaph is still to be seen on a stone in the church-yard of Falkirk. On the 18th of January 1746, a battle was fought here between the king's forces commanded by general Hawley, and the Highlanders headed by Charles Stuart. The former was seized with a panic, and fled; but Colonel Halkin with two regiments, who kept their ground, prevented the Highlanders from pursuing their victory. Extensive ruins are perceived in the neighbourhood of this town, supposed by some antiquarians to have been the capital of the Pictish government; but others believe them to be the remains of some Roman stations.